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About Jase McCarty

Jase has a diverse career in technology over the past 25 years. As an IT pro, he has worked in academics, health insurance, & financials in positions ranging from administration, architecture, web development, curriculum development, to training. Before coming to VMware, he was a vSpecialist at EMC, supporting the Federal Government. He is a retired USAF MSgt, where he spent most of his military career in Communications. He is Co-Author of two virtualization books, is regularly designated as a vExpert, and is active on Twitter as @jasemccarty.

Put another pizza in the oven, these kids are hungry

Youth sports are all about kids having fun. They play, they sweat, and hopefully have a great time. And boy do they build up an appetite.

Choosing the right refreshments during halftime, or the right restaurant after the game can be difficult. Are a couple large pizzas going to be sufficient, would a pizza buffet be in order?

pizzathumbsChoosing a team’s celebratory dinner is not unlike properly sizing a VDI solution. The exercise of sizing VDI for “up to X number of users” can be difficult. User count expectations can also be skewed when the workload is different than expected. Mileage may vary.

VMware Virtual SAN really shines at meeting performance needs while being cost effective and easily scalable through additional node or drive additions. If more storage is needed, add additional drives, or additional nodes contributing storage. If only compute is needed, simply add hosts that do not contribute storage. Very easy to scale.
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